Ep. 251 • How Multiple Health Issues Haven't Stopped Ash Fortis @xostylistxo
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Hair color specialist & salon owner Ash Fortis @xostylistxo wanted to build a better life for herself & family than the one she grew up in. In the first of a two-part discussion, she shares how she has managed her career in hair while dealing with two debilitating chronic illnesses. We also discuss the process of creating her book about hair, 'Hair to Dye For'.
This week's topics:
• Pricing strategy for destination bridal hair, events, etc
• Her experience and knowledge gained by being a mentor
• Dealing with multiple health issues and managing her career
• The process of creating her book 'Hair to Dye For'
You can find Ash's book on Amazon by clicking here:
https://tinyurl.com/AshFortis
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| 0:00.0 | life before hair and not having like a purpose or a passion and just kind of like damn |
| 0:06.2 | I'm just going to live on disability earning like bare minimum society like I already saw my mom |
| 0:10.7 | struggle through that kind of life hello everybody this is leisa carrieu I'm Blake |
| 0:17.3 | Reed Evans this is Ashley Allen I'm Nicco Rocio hey it's Jamie Dana and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:26.5 | Hey, listener, I'm Eric Taylor. |
| 0:28.9 | So last week, Beauty Launchpad magazine released their annual list of top 30 hairstylists |
| 0:34.4 | under 30 years old. |
| 0:36.2 | They've been doing this for about 10 years and it's international. |
| 0:39.6 | It's focused, I would say focused on the U.S., but they've got some international hairstylists in there |
| 0:44.1 | as well. Well, Salon Republic had four hairstylists on the list and I'm just so proud of that. |
| 0:50.0 | No other salon had more than one. So I'm going to give you the hairstylist right now. |
| 0:55.5 | Kimberly Ibitson from our Beverly Hills salon. |
| 0:58.1 | You guys know her if you are Hair Game Podcast devotees. |
| 1:01.6 | I believe I've interviewed her twice as Kimberly Tehair on Instagram. |
| 1:06.1 | Montana Tsai in our Pasadena salon, Fuang Buui in Sunnyvale, California, and Sabrina Habibi in our |
| 1:13.6 | salon in Woodland Hills. Congratulations, ladies. I'm very proud of each and every one of you, and I'm |
| 1:19.5 | proud of Salon Republic for having four people on that list. Go to Beauty Launchpad to see them |
| 1:27.4 | and the rest of the winners. |
| 1:28.9 | Congrats to all of them. Podalute for July. Potalute for July is going to be Ash Fortis's book |
| 1:36.1 | Hair to Die for. And of course, die is spelled D-Y-E. We're going to talk about that in this |
| 1:42.0 | episode. Plus two months of Blondie Crew education. |
| 1:46.3 | Blondie Crew education is Sorai Spears' online education. |
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